Improved bed-bottom



@uiten gisten atrnt @ffice IMPROVED BED-BOTTOM.

T() ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE'H. DOW, of Freeport, in the county of Stephenson, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in kSpring-Bed Bottoms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being hadvto the accompanying drawings, lmaking a part of this specication, in which- Figure l is a top View dof the bed.

Figure 2 is a side view.y

Figure 3 is a transverse section.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the different views.

A A, iig: are the side rails oi' the bed; B, the post. Along the lower inner side o`fthe rail is a rib, C, upon which and above is placed the cross-rail E. Upon these cross-rails are placed the rubber springs G, iig. 3, one at each end of the; rail referred to. These springs consist of sections of rubber tubing out of the proper length, and of a larger size than the springs H, arranged above them upon the supplernentary cross-rail I. These smaller springs are placed under the slats J, three to each slat, as shown in Iig. 3, and in which is seen the relative position ofthe slats, rails, and springs to each other. rfhese springs, rails, and slats are kept in position by a pin fixed to the under side of the slats, and projected through the springs and rails so that it is free to play as the springs may be compressed by the weight upon the bed. In order `to prevent any lateral displacement of the springs and slats they are stayed by a strap, K, one end o i' which is fixed to the inside of the bed-rail, asseen at a, fig. 3, and stretched across the top of the slats, where it is fastened in the same manner to the opposite side rail. This strap is then fastened to each slat and to the ends of the crossrails,ras seen in tig. 3. By this means the bottom is securely held together and to 'the side rails of the bed, and that without interfering with its elastic vertical movement. The purpose of introducing the larger springs is in order to elevate the bottom above the side rails, thus making the bed higher, and also to give a more free, easy, and equal pressure to the springs. v

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

The arrangement of the sectional rubber springs G Hbetwee'n the single slats E, I, and J, forming a vertical series, held together by the straps K, constituting the bed-bottom, in the manner described.

v GEORGE H. DOW. i

lVitnesses:

A. T. GREEN, J. BEST. 

